TR> MM>       He never moved under his own power again, and I'll never
TR> MM> forget his death rattle. After a  while I developed a manner
TR> to deal MM> with it, mostly "humor".  Possibly worst reminder was
TR> a teletype MM> from another division congratulating me on "doing
TR> my duty". I
Mike, I've never had to permanently harm anyone in my life, but have 
been in situations where an immediate "take down" of someone attacking 
me was necessary. Very easily I could have been, morally, in your 
shoes. You can't train, learn, or unlearn to handle something like 
this. It's one of those things where YOU know you did what needed to 
be done, DID what needed to be done, and IT happened. If not you then 
someone else. Just accept the inevitable... you and your family will 
be better off for it.
TR> that fellow officers might ask you. What if the officer had been
TR> someone other than you, someone with less skill, and someone else
TR> who lost the battle and didn't go home to their family that night?
TR> I guess there might be dozens
Tom has a point here, listen to him.
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